Former Australian Prime Minister's power during his term of office was not enough, and he secretly got the "three positions" for himself

Jimu Journalist Li Lili

After the former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison stepped down, the scandal was entangled. According to BBC reported on August 17, he secretly gave himself three part -time ministers during his term of office, and others did not know. After the scandal was exposed, in the face of the call for him to leave the parliament, he refused to withdraw, saying that it was a necessary approach during the epidemic.

Morrison (Picture Source: Xinhua News Agency)

Australia held a parliamentary election in May this year. Morrison's Liberal Party and the National Party Governance Alliance lost to the opposition Labor Party at the time. Morrison stepped down. The Labor Party's first Albanis then served as the new Prime Minister.

According to the BBC, Morrison has been appointed as the Minister of Health, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of Resources during his time as the Prime Minister.

These ministers who were "concurrently" with him, except for the then Minister of Health Graig Hunter at the time, agreed to concurrently appoint, and then the Minister of Finance and Resource Minister expressed unawareness.

Nevertheless, these "appointments" are effective. According to reports, Australian Governor David Helley confirmed that he had signed a "administrative document" that allowed Morrison to secretly hold these positions. A spokesman said that this was "in line with Article 64 of the Constitution."

The news caused a stir in Australian politics, and some people call him a "dictator." Since Morrison is still a parliamentarian, others have asked him to resign, but he was rejected.

Morrison argued: "I think it is necessary to have authority, have effective urgent power, and exercise power in extreme circumstances."

He also said that despite his secret oath, he never served as the minister. "I did not instruct any of the daily processing of the Minister of the Minister of the Minister who had the right to jurisdiction." He said.

According to the process, the appointed minister of Australia will hold an inauguration ceremony. However, when Morrison appointed himself as a minister of the three departments, he did not hold any ceremony.

During his "part -time" minister, his behavior was very suspicious. The BBC reported that last year, when Morrison was "concurrently" the Minister of Resources, Morrison prevented the natural gas exploration permit of New South Wales. At that time, the decision was opposed by then the Minister of Resources Pitt.

In response, the current Minister of Finance, Gim Charmers, said that Morrison had a "dictatorship".

The current Prime Minister Albanis claims that this is "unprecedented destruction of democracy" and criticized Morrison to operate the "shadow government". Albanis said that the government will investigate Morrison.

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